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I don't like the inflamatory subject line. It's not big and it's not clever. You hardly need to look elsewhere to see that arming the police isn't the answer to all problems either. Have some respect for the dead.
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They don't get any training in NY because it's also a gun-free zone - [SARCASM]so they never have to shoot at anyone[/SARCASM].
You know what's REALLY absurd? Civilians that carry are held to a higher standard than the cops where collateral damage is concerned. The cops in that incident will probably receive "training", but a civilian in the same situation would receive physical brutality from the cops (and if they were shooting at him, several incident bystanders would be wounded) when they "take him down", assault charges, and jail time.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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It's not stupid at all. It means they can't make a gun-related mistake and kill or seriously injure someone because they felt under pressure and made a poor decision. If they need to call in armed backup, they can do so. Having a gun at your hip doesn't stop you being shot anyway.
And it's working out very well, thank you. Gun crime is rare here, unlike your armed-to-the-teeth paradise where there have been several high profile shooting sprees this year alone.
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Can we have an OTD forum for everything that is Of The Day?
As everyone is trying to think of their own now.
5 for the first person to reply with a link to Sugs & Bugs.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
Shed Petition[ ^]
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"No reply of the day"
If it moves, compile it
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Well done! Quite deserving of a five.
He got exactly what he asked for! 
"With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine."
Ross Callon, The Twelve Networking Truths, RFC1925
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Are you trying to start a "Suggestion of the Day"?
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